Tax-Lot Selection-Method. The Grantor and the Beneficiary hereby direct the Bank to use the following tax-lot selection-method for the Account, except to the extent the Grantor and the Beneficiary direct the Bank to the contrary: Average Federal Tax Cost (in which shares are sold across all tax lots using the average cost) and, to the extent such method is not permitted for Account investments, First In First Out (in which shares are sold from tax lots having the earliest federal tax acquisition date).